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I had another session with my psychiatrist today and all was going well until the end when I asked him if I could be autistic. he then asked why I thought I was so I told him about my speach delay as a child and lack of social interaction. he then said that i couldn't be autistic since autistic children generally prefer to "do their own things and are not interested in others". the thing that pisses me off is the fact that he didn't delve any further. He didn't ask about my inability to inteact with other people or my inability to maintain/initiate a conversation. He based his diagnosis on the fact that I tend to feel nervous when i'm around people.
Don't all aspies feel nervous around people? He also said that autistic people are not able to reach my level of education i.e unable to get to university. If i'm not autistic then I must surely be an aspie. I do exhibit the other signs it's just that he didn't consider them. He then proceeded to prescibe some anti-psychotics for me. I DON'T NEED anti psychotics. The reason why I went to therapy in the first place was because I was feeling a little depressed. At the time I was a nervous wreck and I couldn't stand people. I feel better now since I started taking the ani-depresants but I believe that i don't need to be put on other meds. The side effects from the ani-depresants are bad enough now he actually wants to increase the dose and add more medication. I don't want to take them but what else can I do?

Not evil most of the time,just insane,ignorant or ruled by their own psycosis.There are a few good ones but most of them are probably gardeners.

Dont take the anti-psychotic meds.Find someone who specialises in adult AS.It may take a while but if it's important wait it out.You sound like you need some answers for peace of mind.I'm glad the anti-depressants are helping.They have helped me a little and yeah,the side effects suck.

ood luck....Dont you hate leaving a psych feeling MORE insane...not a good sign.

sounds to me like he doesnt have a clue what he is talkinng about...

That's how i feel right now. He has introduced new ideas into my head and now i'm completely confused. you end up thinking that he might actually be right .Things are bad the way they are at the moment so I really don't need this I'm begining to regret having ever gone there in the first place
Thanks guys for your input, it's much appreciated

I don't have any faith in psychiatrists, but might the result have been different if you'd asked at the beginning?

Do you mean the beginning of todays session? if so then the answer is no...at least i don't think so. The reasons he gave were that the symptoms I had described to him during the first session were the reason why he didn't think that I was. As I have already pointed out, I was a nervous wreck when I first saw him. The things I said then were in relation to the way I was feeling at the time. I don't always feel nervous around people, I generally feel like an outcast since I cannot interact with them that's all. I didn't want to argue with him so I just dropped the whole topic.

When faced with severe depression, I started with a psychologist. A psychiatrist's main function is to record and prescribe, a psychologist is there to "figure out why you feel that way". I'm not saying they are "better" but you'll get further with talking about emotional/thinking habits without the dope. I was terrified that I would need anti depressants, but I have improved quite a bit without them. The one I'm going to doesn't give off any superiority vibe or dismiss my issues.
I also notice that mentioning autism to psych professionals doesn't help. Talk about why you are nervous, scared, intolerant. I bring up AS tendencies and traits without using its label. It's kind of a conversation ender. I've been able to work out some of the rigid thinking without thinking "I'm wrong" but "that's one way to look at it, what's another?"

therapist = the rapist

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Psychiatrists are nothing more than drug pushers, most of them. IMO.

This is a sad but true fact of our over medicated society. Both of my psychiatrists tried to put me on Prozac and other anti-depressants because they truly didn't understand my needs. I needed Concerta (the 12 hour ADD med). That was it. The first one kept suggesting it, so we stopped going to him. The second one suggested it once, and only once. He had a greater understand of AS. So my advice is to find a psychiatrist that will at least have a greater understanding of autism/asperger's.

See a different one.

I don't mean to go off topic or anything but..

I learned that "real people" don't want to "talk me down". They either know what I go through or that it doesn't matter what they don't know. They just know how it could be. They know how things should be.

Anything that appears like I am pushed away from the world is not of validity. The real people care what happens to me. I am not just like an insect like things seem to appear to everyone else.

Knowing that "violence" and seclusive moments exist or can always exist, it is still valid that forms of violence are everywhere in the world.